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Born on Monday December 17, 2001
- Meindert Peeters († 2002)
- Emily Elizabeth Wilton, Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australië († 2002)
- Bobbi Fredriksz, Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
- Benjamin Jacques Djuro BOENS, Versailles (78646) Frankrijk († 2002)
Died on Monday December 17, 2001
- Annie Beverwijk (64)
- Adrianus Marinus Bravenboer (55), rotterdam, Nederland
- Bontje De Goede (68), Zuidbarge
- Anna Maria Hickmann (84), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Antonius Cornelius Verhees (65), Dongen
- Anna Maria Alida Antoinetta Guérain (88), Delft
- Arend Leeflang (81)
- Adrianus Johannes de Rijk (91), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
- Anna Mae Agnes Bedore (69), Glen Ridge, Essex, New Jersey, United States
- Barend Gerhard Schreuder (71), Almelo
Born on December 17
- 1992 » Joshua Ingram, Canadian drummer and percussionist
- 1992 » Quinton de Kock, South African cricketer
- 1993 » Patricia Kú Flores, Peruvian tennis player
- 1994 » Lloyd Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1994 » Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor
- 1996 » Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater
- 1997 » Naiktha Bains, British-Australian tennis player
- 1997 » Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater
- 1998 » Jasmine Armfield, English actress
- 1998 » Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer
Died on December 17
- 1999 » C. Vann Woodward, American historian and academic (b. 1908)
- 1999 » Grover Washington Jr., American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1943)
- 1999 » Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1920)
- 2002 » K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (b. 1910)
- 2003 » Otto Graham, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
- 2004 » Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (b. 1931)
- 2005 » Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic († 1936)
- 2005 » Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
- 2005 » Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (b. 1929)
- 2006 » Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (b. 1935)
Names that were popular for boys in 2001
- Thomas
- Jan
- Lucas
- Robin
- Daan
- Lars
- Max
- Tim
- Bram
- Ruben
- Jasper
- Thijs
- Jacob
- Sander
- Niels
- Stijn
Names that were popular for girls in 2001
- Emma
- Britt
- Femke
- Julia
- Sophie
- Ilse
- Amber
- Sanne
- Anna
- Laura
- Fleur
- Lisa
- Charlotte
- Anne
- Maria
- Anastasia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2001
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
- January 15 » Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
- February 13 » An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
- March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
- March 16 » A series of bomb blasts that took place in the city of Shijiazhuang, China killed 108 people and injured 38 others, was the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
- April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
- September 4 » Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
Weather December 17, 2001
The temperature on December 17, 2001 was between -5.7 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.